Legal Opinion
Jackson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 17, 1998No. 98-1043PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Barbara A. Jackson, acting in her capacity as administratrix of her husband’s estate, sued the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680 (1994), alleging that the negligence of three Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees in failing to furnish appropriate weather advisories proximately caused an aircraft flown by her late husband to crash. Following a bench trial, the district court wrote a thoughtful rescript explaining why the plaintiff should take nothing. See Jackson v. United States, 983…
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